William R. Battles was born in Oakland, CA. To Chief Gordon L. Battles USS Navy & Mrs. Martha Battles August 3, 1946 at the Oaknoll Naval...
By Carla Thomas The 14th Annual Powerful Woman of the Bay Luncheon was held at Scott’s Pavilion in Jack London Square on March 30. The event...
By Thomas Peele, Emma Gallegos and Daniel J. Willis EdSource As heavy storms keep pounding California with torrential rains and a record Sierra snowpack is poised...
By Thomas Hughes Bay City News Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a request Tuesday for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for nine California counties, including Monterey County....
By Tammerlin Drummond When a woman is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, chemotherapy and radiation often make her too weak to work. If she is working...
By Katy St. Clair, Bay City News Foundation The Internal Revenue Service has extended its annual tax return due date by a month for people who...
By Olivia Wynkoop | Bay City News Foundation A San Francisco-based guaranteed income program that gives monthly checks to pregnant Black women received $5 million to expand...
By Keith Burbank | Bay City News Criminal charges will not be filed against the driver of the vehicle that hit and killed Alameda County Supervisor...
Alameda County Briefs By Melissa Male ECHO Housing will conduct a Homebuyer Education Workshop for tenants living in Alameda, Contra Costa, or Monterey Counties, or working...
Mary Agnes English Sparrow was born in Beaumont, Texas, April 3, 1920. She graduated from Prairie View College, in Prairie View, Texas with a degree in...
By Zack Haber The Oakland Unified School District is no longer publishing data this school year to inform students, staff, parents and the public about positive...
Twenty-five high school age students and staff of the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center in Oakland spent the day in Sacramento with nearly 30 legislators...
By Joe W. Bowers Jr., California Black Media June 7, 2022 is Primary Election Day in California. On the ballot are candidates for U.S. Senate, Governor,...
Courtesy of Marin County Twelve Bay Area health officers are emphasizing the importance of taking safety precautions, including continued masking indoors, as the region experiences a...
OAKLAND POST — The California statewide Youth And Family Civic Engagement Initiative, a joint program of the Dolores Huerta Foundation in Bakersfield and the Martin Luther King...